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未确认的VHE gamma-ray源的X射线跟踪观测

X-ray follow-up observations of unidentified VHE gamma-ray sources

Gerd Pühlhofer

摘要:

最近发现的银河系甚高能量(VHE)源人口的很大一部分至今仍未确定。VHE伽马射线发射追踪这些源中的高能粒子,但例如在强子过程的情况下,也追踪发射部位的气体密度。此外,粒子具有足够长的寿命,能够从它们的加速位点逃逸。因此,伽马射线源或至少最大表面亮度的区域在许多情况下在空间上偏离实际的加速器。一个有希望的方法来识别粒子被加速的物体,似乎是寻找加速过程的发射特征(如从冲击加热等离子体发射)。粒子本身(通过初级或次级同步辐射)也可以在较低的波段被追踪。这些特征在X射线波段最明显,目前的X射线观测站非常适合进行这种后续观测。这些调查的现状的一些方面进行审查。

英文摘要:

A large fraction of the recently discovered Galactic Very High Energy (VHE) source population remains unidentified to date. VHE gamma-ray emission traces high energy particles in these sources, but for example in case of hadronic processes also the gas density at the emission site. Moreover, the particles have sufficiently long lifetimes to be able to escape from their acceleration sites. Therefore, the gamma-ray sources or at least the areas of maximum surface brightness are in many cases spatially offset from the actual accelerators. A promising way to identify the objects in which the particles are accelerated seems to be to search for emission signatures of the acceleration process (like emission from shock-heated plasma). Also the particles themselves (through primary or secondary synchrotron emission) can be traced in lower wavebands. Those signatures are best visible in the X-ray band, and current X-ray observatories are well suited to conduct such follow-up observations. Some aspects of the current status of these investigations are reviewed.

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